The White House on Wednesday criticized the US Federal Reserve's "unfortunate" decision to raise interest rates despite demands by President Donald Trump to lower them.
"Today's rather unfortunate decision by the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates was not, from the administration's point of view, backed by a particularly compelling economic case," spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News.
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